Assignment 1: Role of AI in Personalized Learning
Learning Focus
This week I studied how AI helps make learning more personal. AI can adjust lessons, track progress, and give instant feedback. My goal. was to see how AI supports students without taking away the teacher’s role.
Learning Activities and Tools Used
I read a few studies about how AI supports personalized learning. One paper by Zawacki-Richter et al. (2019) showed how AI can help teachers understand each student’s needs. Another report by Luckin et al. (2016) explained how AI can act as a partner to teachers by helping them plan and support lessons that fit each learner.
I also reviewed the UNESCO (2021) guide on AI in education. It connects pedagogy, technology, and system change as three forces that must work together for inclusive, fair learning
Reflection
This image helped me understand how AI fits into the larger picture of education. The center (learner, parent, and teacher) shows that people stay at the heart of learning. Around them, pedagogy, system change, and technology work together in a continuous cycle.
AI can support each part of this cycle. It can improve teaching methods, support system growth, and expand access to learning. But if used without care, it can ignore privacy or widen gaps between students.
Next week, I want to learn how AI systems collect and protect data. I also want to see how teachers can keep control while using AI tools in helpful ways.
References
Luckin, R., Holmes, W., Griffiths, M., & Forcier, L. (2016). Intelligence Unleashed: An Argument for AI in Education. Pearson. (Open PDF) Retrieved from https://www.pearson.com/content/dam/one-dot-com/one-dot-com/global/Files/about-pearson/innovation/open-ideas/Intelligence-Unleashed.pdf
UNESCO. (2021). AI and Education: Guidance for Policy-Makers. Paris: UNESCO. Retrieved from https://unesdoc.unesco.org/ark:/48223/pf0000376709
Zawacki-Richter, O., Marín, V. I., Bond, M., & Gouverneur, F. (2019). Systematic review of research on artificial intelligence applications in higher education – Where are the educators? International Journal of Educational Technology in Higher Education, 16(1), 39. Retrieved from https://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s41239-019-0171-0